Between the Civil War and early 1900s, the railroad boom transformed America by laying thousands of miles of track, connecting coasts to heartlands. It fueled rapid industrial growth, enabled mass transportation of goods and people, and opened western territories. Key beneficiaries included industrialists, farmers shipping crops, and towns along rail lines that boomed economically.
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